MLB AL Draft QF 4 : UK vs Hockey

[Nosferatu]

UK

LINEUP
1. Earle Combs (L) - CF
2. Eddie Collins (L) - 2B
3. Manny Ramirez (R) - DH
4. Rafael Palmeiro (L) - 1B
5. Harry Heilmann (R) - RF
6. Joe Mauer (L) - C
7. Josh Donaldson (R) - 3B
8. Goose Goslin (L) - LF
9. Vern Stephens (R) - SS

BENCH
Michael Young (R) - INF
Evan Longoria (R) - 3B
Salvador Perez (R) - C
Torii Hunter (R) - CF
Paul O'Neill (L) - RF

ROTATION
1. Bob Feller (R)
2. Johan Santana (L)
3. Justin Verlander (R)
4. Addie Joss (R)
5. Smoky Joe Wood (R)

BULLPEN
Mariano Rivera (R)
Hoyt Wilhelm (R)
Sparky Lyle (L)
Kelvin Herrera (R)
Zach Britton (L)

VERSUS

HOCKEY

LINEUP
1. Nellie Fox (L) - 2B
2. Kirby Puckett (R) - RF
3. Jimmie Foxx (R) - 1B
4. Ken Griffey Jr. (L) - CF
5. Harmon Killebrew (R) - 3B
6. Edgar Martinez (R) - DH
7. Carl Crawford (L) - LF
8. Jim Sundberg (R) - C
9. Luis Aparicio (R) - SS

BENCH
Alex Gordon (L) - LF
Matt Wieters (B) - C
Ben Zobrist (B) - 2B/RF/SS
Chone Figgins (B) - 3B/2B/CF
Edwin Encarnacion (R) - 1B/3B

ROTATION
1. Catfish Hunter (R)
2. Bert Blyleven (R)
3. Ron Guidry (L)
4. Jack Morris (R)
5. Frank Tanana (L)

BULLPEN
Joe Nathan (R)
Wade Davis (R)
Andrew Miller (L)
Matt Thornton (L)
Bryan Harvey (R)

 

[Nosferatu]

First team to six wins.

UK - 3
Hockey - 5

Voted - UK, Nos, Femur, Ritz, Hockey, 500, Mebert, Milk

 

[UK Cowboy]

UK

 

[Nosferatu]

Two very good teams but I gotta lean Hockey, I see this as the closet QF game.

 

[Ritzarmy]

UK

 

[femurov]

I have hockey, too

 

[mr.hockey4242]

Don't know how I drew UK!!!

But I think this is the best I've done in baseball to get balance in all ways. Power, average, left/right, speed at the bottom to turn lineup over. Depth at pitching, a bullpen and bench that is versatile and INSANE defense up the middle and in my outfield. Balls better leave the yard.

I got me. But uK always has good teams.

 

[Mebert]

Uk

 

[Pack 500]

Hockey

 

[MilkSpiller22]

i don't like UKs rotation... and all else is close... Going with the Hockey man..

 

[UK Cowboy]

i don't like UKs rotation... and all else is close... Going with the Hockey man..

That's twice you said you didn't like my rotation. I'm betting if you totalled those 5 and averaged out their ERA, ERA+, and win %, you'd have a hard time topping it with any other 5 in the whole draft. Just a guess, but I'd bet a coke on it

 

[MilkSpiller22]

That's twice you said you didn't like my rotation. I'm betting if you totalled those 5 and averaged out their ERA, ERA+, and win %, you'd have a hard time topping it with any other 5 in the whole draft. Just a guess, but I'd bet a coke on it

I love your top 2... Santana and Feller...

But Verlander?? he is a 5 at best in this mock... He only had 2 seasons of below 3 ERA....

Joss and smoky wood, are 2 pitchers who pitched way back when and ONLY had 300+ innings 3 times combined... Those innings just sucked for pitchers back then... you took old time pitchers with tiny samples and calling them great...

Wood, had over 200 innings only twice in his career...

With your 3-4-5, i think you combined for 5 Great seasons... that is other 3-4-5s primes in this mock...

 

[UK Cowboy]

I love your top 2... Santana and Feller...

But Verlander?? he is a 5 at best in this mock... He only had 2 seasons of below 3 ERA....

Joss and smoky wood, are 2 pitchers who pitched way back when and ONLY had 300+ innings 3 times combined... Those innings just sucked for pitchers back then... you took old time pitchers with tiny samples and calling them great...

Wood, had over 200 innings only twice in his career...

With your 3-4-5, i think you combined for 5 Great seasons... that is other 3-4-5s primes in this mock...

If you think Verlander is a 5, we will never agree lol

 

[MilkSpiller22]

If you think Verlander is a 5, we will never agree lol

Maybe not a 5... That is me being sour milk... But he sure is not a 3 for these mocks... He really is extremely over-rated...

 

[UK Cowboy]

Maybe not a 5... That is me being sour milk... But he sure is not a 3 for these mocks... He really is extremely over-rated...

I will look through the 3's in a bit and see how many I would take over him....it ain't gonna be many

 

[MilkSpiller22]

I will look through the 3's in a bit and see how many I would take over him....it ain't gonna be many

then you rank him highly... Again... he only had 2 seasons of better than 3.00 ERA... Now, ERA is not the first stat i look at, but only 2 is pretty surprising... His next best ERA was 3.37... just nothing spectacular... If he did not have that MVP season he would not be considered elite, even in current baseball...

 

[Ritzarmy]

How does Hockey do it draft after draft where he gets skipped and loses a lot of draft positions but still manages to create a competitive team. That alone is a serious accomplishment. Just scary of what his team would be like if he didn't get skipped. We all would be in a world of hurt. Nicely done @mr.hockey4242

Ps. I voted UK and hockey got skipped often and is leading 5-3 wow.

 

[Nosferatu]

If I can jump in just for a moment, if you look at Verlander in big games he has been a huge disappointment, it isn't opinion that he's been less than steller when it mattered, unless of course he's pitching to the A's lineup. I'm saddened to say but i'm with Milk on this one, he's overrated...

 

[MilkSpiller22]

If I can jump in just for a moment, if you look at Verlander in big games he has been a huge disappointment, it isn't opinion that he's been less than steller when it mattered, unless of course he's pitching to the A's lineup. I'm saddened to say but i'm with Milk on this one, he's overrated...

Why don't you find another excuse not to post all day!!!

 

[Nosferatu]

Why don't you find another excuse not to post all day!!!

Not sure I know what this means but the day only has like an our left so...